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The industrial rivalry between Japan and South Korea, which stretches from
mobile phones to fridges to cars and much more, is going nuclear — on
British soil.

Korea Electric Power Corporation will open a London office in the next few
months to look at investment opportunities in building new reactors in the
UK.

The state-owned utility is understood to be interested in joining Hitachi’s
Horizon venture to build several reactors in Anglesey and Oldbury, in
Gloucestershire, and in Nugen, the reactor project at Sellafield.

South Korea is intent on competing in the global nuclear industry and aims to
build 80 reactors